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This sounds sill, but I have a really serious question -- how accurate are the Bourne type films w/r/t how things are at these three lettered agencies? If you a

This sounds sill, but I have a really serious question -- how accurate are the Bourne type films w/r/t how things are at these three lettered agencies? If you are to believe even half the movies, it seems the workers are burned left and right as regular consequences of seniors' political battles. Is that how it is? I know this sounds silly, but i've been at big companies before (Fortune 10) and have seen some pretty ugly things (once, three reports of a manager alleged a sexual attack on a rival manager; rival manager is fired; manager who's people made the accusation gets promoted.) Now I can imagine these types of political battles at three lettered agencies might involve false accusations that might land someone at jail. Is it like that? I'd honestly love to work at the intelligence agencies and serve the country in a role better suited given my technical skills, but I dont want to end up in some shark tank.

bladegash 7y ago
As with the private sector, it depends on the workplace. The DC area is a pretty political/cutthroat environment to begin with. However, it is uncommon for political battles or false accusations to land you in jail (although definitely a higher possibility than the private sector). It is far more common/likely for political battles/false accusations to lead to you losing your security clearance (and by proxy, your livelihood/future employment prospects).
FrightHorse 7y ago
Not that I ever saw, not really. What's far more likely to happen is that if you screw up too hard (or potentially piss off the wrong person) you can fairly easily get your clearance burnt, and that can easily (and permanently) cut your IC career off at the knees. How devastating that is depends entirely on your level of investment in your career in intelligence.

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This sounds sill, but I have a really serious question -- how accurate are the Bourne type films w/r/t how things are at these three lettered agencies? If you a

by dmv_resid3nt 7y ago

bladegash 7y ago
As with the private sector, it depends on the workplace. The DC area is a pretty political/cutthroat environment to begin with. However, it is uncommon for political battles or false accusations to land you in jail (although definitely a higher possibility than the private sector). It is far more common/likely for political battles/false accusations to lead to you losing your security clearance (and by proxy, your livelihood/future employment prospects).
FrightHorse 7y ago
Not that I ever saw, not really. What's far more likely to happen is that if you screw up too hard (or potentially piss off the wrong person) you can fairly easily get your clearance burnt, and that can easily (and permanently) cut your IC career off at the knees. How devastating that is depends entirely on your level of investment in your career in intelligence.